page_title: 2014 in Europe
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in Europe / Events / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Floods in Krupanj - May 2014
context_page_description: This is a list of 2014 events that occurred in Europe.
context_section_description: 1 May – Large demonstrations are organised in major European cities with the occasion of Labor Day. In Moscow, over 100,000 march through the Red Square, reviving a tradition last seen before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In Istanbul, 90 people are injured and 142 arrested after security forces assault protesters, using water cannons and tear gas.
  2 May – The Ukrainian government launches an offensive on pro-Russian rebels in Sloviansk while clashes in Odessa kill 46 people.
  5 May
  Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek resigns after losing the leadership of her party 10 days ago.
  At least 22 people are dead and seven missing after two boats carrying illegal immigrants collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.
  10 May – "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Austrian singer Conchita Wurst wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
  12 May – Pro-Russian insurgents in Donetsk and Luhansk declare the cities independent states whilst on choosing to join Russia after controversial hastily arranged referendums.
  13 May – An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey kill at least 301 miners and trap dozens more.
  17 May – At least 80 people are killed after days of heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in Southeast Europe.
  20 May – A freight train collides with a passenger train near Moscow, killing at least nine people and injuring 51 others.
  22 May – At least 16 Ukrainian soldiers are killed by pro-Russian separatists who ambush their checkpoint in Donetsk Oblast. Hours after the assault on the checkpoint, rebel leaders in neighboring Luhansk impose martial law until government troops cease their offensive.
  24 May
  Four people are killed in a shooting at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels.
  278 people are injured and dozens of buildings damaged as 6.9 earthquake strikes off Samothrace, Greece.
  "Winter Sleep", directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  25 May
  The pro-European businessman Petro Poroshenko wins the presidential election in Ukraine with 56% of the vote.
  Lithuania's incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė declares victory following a second round of voting in the Baltic country's presidential elections.
  Eurosceptic and far-right parties seize ground in elections to the European parliament, in what France's PM called a "political earthquake".
  27 May – At least 40 pro-Russian separatists die in fighting over control of Donetsk International Airport.
caption: Flooding damage in Krupanj, Serbia
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